One knight in shining armor to the rescue!
I am playing Sir Conrad Cyr seelenritter psionic knight and devoted champion of the Triad.
Nah, I'm sure he'll be ok... you brought a stick for the doggies to chase right?
The crux is in the fact that our PC's (Zazz, Hurrow, Virashil) have no clue who these others are, and could be foes or aligned with the hobs/manticore.